J'invite le Colonel!

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J'invite le Colonel! is a comedy with music in one act by Eugène-Marin Labiche [1] and Marc-Michel (1812-1868)[2]

The original text

It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, on 16 January, 1860 and published by Editions Michel Lévy frères in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

A Dutch adaptation called Ik Inviteer mijn Kolonel was done by an unknown author and published by G. Theod. Bom, Amsterdam, 1869.

Performance history in South Africa

1895: A play referred to as Uitgaan (Glanor) was twice performed in Pretoria in this year, probably by the Rederijkerskamer Onze Taal. (F.C.L. Bosman, 1980: p. 484, suggests this may have been a version of Ik Inviteer mijn Kolonel, but it was in fact an original Dutch play by Glanor - see the entry on Uitgaan.)

Sources

Open access copy of the original French text, Libre Théâtre[3]

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%27invite_le_colonel_!

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Labiche

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc-Michel

Facsimile version of the Dutch text of 1869, Google E-book[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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